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1996–97 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 8
1996–97 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Duke 12 4   .750 24 9   .727
No. 9 Wake Forest 11 5   .688 24 7   .774
No. 4 North Carolina 11 5   .688 28 7   .800
No. 14 Clemson 9 7   .563 23 10   .697
No. 22 Maryland 9 7   .563 21 11   .656
Virginia 7 9   .438 18 13   .581
Florida State 6 10   .375 20 12   .625
NC State 4 12   .250 17 15   .531
Georgia Tech 3 13   .188 9 18   .333
1997 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1996–97 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University. The head coach was Mike Krzyzewski. The team played its home games in the Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

NCAA basketball tournament

Seeding in brackets

  • West
    • Duke (2) 81, Murray State (15) 78
    • Providence (10) 98, Duke 87

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Awards and honors

  • Mike Krzyzewski, ACC Coach of the Year
  • Mike Krzyzewski, Basketball Times National Coach of the Year

Team players drafted into the NBA

No one from the men’s basketball team was selected in the 1997 NBA Draft.[2]

References

  1. ^ http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1997
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-03-31. Retrieved 2009-05-05. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)